There have been many moments throughout history where events have turned due to the inspirational words of others. For example: -
- Martin Luther King's - "I have a dream"
- JFK's - "Ask not what your country can do for you", and
- Barak Obama's - "Yes we can!"
Three speeches that "defined the moment"!
Such was also the case yesterday morning. As the four of us stood at the start of Stage 3 of the Trailwalker UK route, there was "pinging noise" that signalled the arrival of a text message, that was (initially) so inspiring, and (initially) so uplifting on this VERY cold January morning.
Rob read out the message as the three of us gathered around him. The message is worth repeating in full...
"A real man is a woman's best friend,
He will never stand you up,
and never let you down
He will reassure you when you feel insecure,
and comfort you after a bad day
He will inspire you to do things you never thought you could do
He will enable you to express deepest emotions,
and give in to your most intimate desires
He will make you feel confident & sexy,
seductive and invincible...
as men it made us feel so positive about ourselves as we were about to set off. Then a second "ping" signalled the arrival of a further text message, which read:
"...Sorry, really sorry!...it's wine that does all of that!. Wine, not men!"
Cold, deflated and dejected we set off up the hill.
After this early upset the walk was actually not too bad. Jan & Elek (see January 28th entry for introduction to these two fine Poles!) soon got into their stride and were a great help as we climbed up Hill Barn Lane. However, later in the walk when they failed to stop my second fall in a week, thoughts of immigration control, and deportation came to mind. But maybe they deserve a second chance, and maybe - especially after I had spent some time inadvertently hanging the two of them upside down - they had felt that I might benefit from some time in a cold distant land.
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| The long...and not so winding road |
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| I fear we may have been walking back in time...Londinium? |
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| Apparently, this will be a corn field in July! |
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| Hopefully Toby wasn't a Trailwalker competitor! |
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| Two miles to go to the end of this training walk... |
Despite some trials and tribulations, some quite bizarre conversations, one fall, and a strange surplus fluid situation (!?!) we finished our 19.2k walk in 3hrs 20 mins!
Next team walk is on March 5th...when we'll be increasing the distance!
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